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In the Air

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Castles in the Air

Castles in the AirLaurie lay luxuriously swinging to and fro in his hammock one warm September afternoon, wondering what his neighbors were about, but too lazy to go and find out. He was in…

Brewer's: Air

an element. Anaxagoras held air to be the primary form of matter. Aristotle gives Fire, Air, Earth, and Water as the four elements. Air, a manner, as “the air of the court,” the “air of…

Brewer's: Airs

To give oneself mighty airs: to assume, in manner, appearance, and tone, a superiority to which you have no claim. The same as Air, manner (q.v.). The plural is essential in this case to…

Con Air

Director: Simon WestWriter: Scott RosenbergDirector of Photography:David TattersallEditors:Chris Lebenzon, Steve Mirkovich and Glen ScantleburyMusic:Mark Mancina and Trevor RabinProducer:…

air

(Encyclopedia) air: see atmosphere; liquid air; ventilation.

Anne Bradstreet: Air

AirContent (quoth Air) to speak the last of you, Yet am not ignorant first was my due: I do suppose you'l yield without controul I am the breath of every living soul. Mortals, what one of you…

The Devil's Dictionary: Air

by Ambrose Bierce AIMALDERMANAIR -n. A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.

Air Traffic Controller

Eric Tell us about your work---what do you do? I provide for a safe and expeditious flow of airplanes through a portion of the sky. What skills are…

Brewer's: Castle in the Air

A splendid edifice, but one which has no existence. In fairy tales we often have these castles built at a word, and vanishing as soon, like that built for Aladdin by the Genius of the Lamp…